Daucus carota subsp. carota L., 1753

Common names

• 🇬🇧 Wild Carrot
• 🇫🇷 Carotte sauvage, Carotte commune, Daucus carotte

Taxonomy

• Kingdom: Plantae
• Clade: Tracheophytes
• Clade: Angiosperms
• Clade: Eudicots
• Clade: Superasterids
• Clade: Asterids
• Clade: Campanulids
• Order: Apiales
• Family: Apiaceae
• Subfamily: Apioideae
• Tribe: Scandiceae
• Subtribe: Daucinae
• Genus: Daucus
• Species: Daucus carota subsp. carota

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

• Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
• Red List (Global): LC Least Concern

Notes

Type subspecies which is cosmopolitan in France, unlike the other subspecies whose presence is very localized, primarily in littoral areas.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

• D. carota subsp. annuus (Bég.) Mart.Flores, D.M.Spooner & M.B.Crespo, 2020;
• D. carota subsp. azoricus Franco, 1971;
• D. carota subsp. boissieri (Schweinf.) Hosni, 1989;
• D. carota subsp. cantabricus A.Pujadas, 2002;
• D. carota subsp. capillifolius (Gilli) Arbizu, 2014;
• D. carota subsp. caporientalis Reduron, 2019;
• D. carota subsp. carota
  • var. brachycaulos Reduron, 2007, P;
  • var. carota L., 1753, P;
  • var. linearis Reduron, 2007, P;
  • var. sativus Hoffm., 1791, M (het. syn. D. carota subsp. sativus (Hoffm.) Schübl. & G.Martens, 1834);
• D. carota subsp. commutatus (Paol.) Thell., 1926, P;
• D. carota subsp. corsoccidentalis
  • var. corsoccidentalis Reduron, 2017;
  • var. meriensis Reduron, 2017;
• D. carota subsp. drepanensis (Arcang.) Heywood, 1968, P;
• D. carota subsp. fontanesii Thell., 1926, P (het. syn. D. carota var. fontanesii (Thell.) Reduron, 2007);
• D. carota subsp. gadecaei (Rouy & E.G.Camus) Heywood, 1968, E;
• D. carota subsp. gummifer (Syme) Hook.f., 1884, P;
• D. carota subsp. halophilus (Brot.) A.Pujadas, 2002;
• D. carota subsp. hispanicus (Gouan) Thell., 1926, P;
• D. carota subsp. major (Vis.) Arcang., 1882;
• D. carota subsp. majoricus A.Pujadas, 2002;
• D. carota subsp. maritimus (Lam.) Pers., 1805, P;
• D. carota subsp. maximus (Desf.) Ball, 1878, P;
• D. carota subsp. otaportensis Reduron, 2017;
• D. carota subsp. rupestris (Guss.) Heywood, 1968;
• D. carota subsp. tenuissimus (A.Chev.) Mart.Flores, D.M.Spooner & M.B.Crespo, 2020;
• D. carota subsp. valeriae Reduron, 2019;

Photographs

Sources

• Plummer, J., Collett, L., Korpelainen, H., Draper Munt, D., Labokas, J., Magos Brehm, J., Tavares, M., Eliáš, P., Strajeru, S., Smekalova, T., & Bulińska, Z. (2021). Daucus carota. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2021. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T172210A19412090.en

• Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 344). Biotope.